The MBA degree provides candidates with the tools, skills, networks and opportunities to advance their current career or switch their career path in a new direction. For those looking to use the degree to expand their career opportunities, understanding which business school programs provide the greatest access to which careers is critical.

MBA DecisionWire

Are you curious about how your fellow applicants, current students and alumni made their enrollment choice, based on schools to which they applied and were admitted? What about those individuals who were admitted to your favorite school – did they accept the offer or head elsewhere? The following submissions are profiles and decisions made by candidates, current students and alumni regarding where they decided to pursue their MBA based on the offers they received.

Did you receive any scholarships to any of the schools you were admitted to?

Yes, I have received a scholarship(s).

No

Please enter the scholarship amount for each school:

Arizona State / W.P. Carey

Babson / Olin

Berkeley / Haas

Boston College / Carroll

Brigham Young

Cambridge / Judge

CEIBS

U. Chicago Booth

CMU / Tepper

Columbia

Cornell / Johnson

Dartmouth / Tuck

Duke / Fuqua

Emory / Goizueta

ESADE

Georgetown / McDonough

Georgia Tech / Scheller

Harvard Business School

HEC Paris

HKUST

IE Business School

IESE

Illinois / Gies

IMD

Imperial

Indian School of Business

Indiana / Kelley

INSEAD

London Business School

Manchester / AMBS

Michigan / Ross

Minnesota / Carlson

MIT Sloan

Nanyang

Northwestern / Kellogg

Notre Dame / Mendoza

NYU Stern

Ohio State / Fisher

Oxford / Saïd

Penn State / Smeal

Rice / Jones

Rochester / Simon

SMU Cox

Stanford GSB

Temple / Fox

Toronto / Rotman

UCI Merage

UCLA Anderson

U. Illinois Urbana

UMD / Smith

UNC Kenan-Flagler

UPenn / Wharton

USC / Marshall

UT Austin / McCombs

UVA / Darden

U. Washington / Foster

Vanderbilt / Owen

Washington U. / Olin

Wisconsin

Yale SOM

Other

Where Are You Enrolling?*

Arizona State / W.P. Carey

Babson / Olin

Berkeley / Haas

Boston College / Carroll

Brigham Young

Cambridge / Judge

CEIBS

U. Chicago Booth

CMU / Tepper

Columbia

Cornell / Johnson

Dartmouth / Tuck

Duke / Fuqua

Emory / Goizueta

ESADE

Georgetown / McDonough

Georgia Tech / Scheller

Harvard Business School

HEC Paris

HKUST

IE Business School

IESE

Illinois / Gies

IMD

Imperial

Indian School of Business

Indiana / Kelley

INSEAD

London Business School

Manchester / AMBS

Michigan / Ross

Minnesota / Carlson

MIT Sloan

Nanyang

Northwestern / Kellogg

Notre Dame / Mendoza

NYU Stern

Ohio State / Fisher

Oxford / Saïd

Penn State / Smeal

Rice / Jones

Rochester / Simon

SMU Cox

Stanford GSB

Temple / Fox

Toronto / Rotman

UCI Merage

UCLA Anderson

U. Illinois Urbana

UMD / Smith

UNC Kenan-Flagler

UPenn / Wharton

USC / Marshall

UT Austin / McCombs

UVA / Darden

U. Washington / Foster

Vanderbilt / Owen

Washington U. / Olin

Wisconsin

Yale SOM

Other

Undecided

None

Choose from selected schools where you were admitted.

Entering Year*

GPA

Did you take the GMAT or GRE?*

GMAT

GRE

I haven't taken any of the standardized tests yet.

GMAT:*

Please enter a value between 200 and 800.

GRE:*

Please enter a value between 200 and 360.

Location at time of Application

Post-MBA Target Career

Consulting

Technology

Investment Banking

Venture Capital

Private Equity

Asset Management, inc. Hedge Funds

Commercial Banking

Media

Pharmaceutical

Consumer Goods

MF, Auto, Aerospace

Family Business

Entrepreneurship

Non Profit / Social Impact

Other

Undecided

Management Consulting firms you'd like to join post-MBA:

Accenture

AT Kearney

Bain

Booz Allen Hamilton

BCG

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

KPMG

McKinsey

PWC

Other

Other Management Consulting Firm:

Investment Banking Firms you'd like to join post-MBA:

Bank of America

Barclays

Capital One

Citibank

Credit Suisse

Deutsche Bank

Goldman Sachs

JP Morgan

Merrill Lynch

Morgan Stanley

JP Morgan Chase

RBC Capital

Wells Fargo Securities

Other

Other Investment Banking Firm:

Tech companies you'd like to join post-MBA:

Amazon

Apple

Facebook

Google

Hewlett Packard

IBM

Lenova

LinkedIn

Microsoft

Oracle

Tesla

Twitter

Uber

Other

Other Tech Company:

Venture Capital companies you'd like to join post-MBA:

Accell Partners

Andressen Horowitz

Battery Ventures

Charles River

Draper Fisher

First Round Capital

Kleiner Perkins

NEA

Sequoia Capital

Venrock

Other

Other Venture Capital Company:

Private Equity companies you'd like to join post-MBA:

Bain Capital

Blackstone

Carlyle Group

Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Group

TPG

KKR

Other

Other Private Equity Company:

Asset Management companies you'd like to join post-MBA:

Blackrock

Fidelity

Goldman Sachs

JP Morgan Asset Management

State Street

Vanguard

Other

Other Asset Management Company:

Commercial Banking companies you'd like to join post-MBA:

Bank of America

Bank of New York

Capital One

Citibank

Goldman Sachs

JP Morgan

Morgan Stanley

PNC Bank

State Street

Wells Fargo

Other

Other Commercial Banking Company:

Media companies you'd like to join post-MBA:

21st Century Fox

CBS Corp

Comcast

Time Warner

Viacom

Walt Disney

Other

Other Media Company:

Pharmaceutical companies you'd like to join post-MBA:

Amgen

Astra Zeneca

Johnson & Johnson

Merck

Novartis

Pfizer

Roche

Other

Other Pharmaceutical Company:

Consumer Goods companies you'd like to join post-MBA:

3M

Anheuser Busch InBev

Coca Cola

General Mills

LVMH

Mondelez

Nestle

Nike

PepsiCo

Proctor & Gamble

Unilever

Other

Other Consumer Goods Company:

MF, Auto, Aerospace companies you'd like to join post-MBA:

Airbus

BASF

Boeing

Daimler

Ford

GE

GM

Nissan

Seimens

Tesla

Other

Other MF, Auto, Aerospace Company:

Non Profit/SI Companies:

Other Companies/Industries:

Please let us know which other industries and companies that would also be of interest to you.

Email (optional)

Provide your email address to receive exclusive discounts on Clear Admit products. Clear Admit promises to keep all of the information you share with us confidential and anonymous. Your e-mail will not be displayed. We will not sell or share your information with outside parties.

Additional Notes: Factors Influencing My Decision & Advice I have For Other Applicants

Example: Impact of scholarship money, geographic constraints, waitlisted at top school so applied to additional programs, withdrew other applications after making a decision, etc.
Advice might include visiting programs, taking GMAT/GRE early, seeking out a consultant (or not), applying early etc.
Please also explain instances where "Other" or "None" is selected.

Register

New user? Please take a minute to register. You will only have to do this once! And, once you do, you'll be able to join the conversation as well as filter MBA LiveWire, ApplyWire, DecisionWire, and our Interview Archive.